7/30 He's a man who has a right to look for a wife, because he can keep a wife. He has a house, and a business, and ready money.' 'What's all that, uncle ?' 'Nothing;--nothing at all. No more than that,'-- saying which Michel Voss threw his right hand and arm loosely abroad;--'no more than that, if he were not himself well-behaved along with it. We want to see you married to him,--your aunt and I,--because we are sure that he will be a good husband to you.' 'But if I don't love him, Uncle Michel ?' 'Ah, my dear; that's where I think it is that you are dreaming, and will go on dreaming till you've lost yourself, unless your aunt and I interfere to prevent it. |